November 8, 2012
opportunist • noun
Opportunists are people who see a chance to gain some advantage from a situation, often at the expense of ethics or morals. An opportunist seizes every opportunity to improve things for himself.
Say you won millions in the lottery. People would come out of the woodwork hoping to get their hands on some of it. These people act as if they are close friends. But they are not; they are opportunists. Famous opportunists include “carpetbaggers,” Northern opportunists who, after the American Civil War, poured into the South to turn Reconstruction into personal financial gains.
Marcelo Coppola (foster) P:5&6
ReplyDeleteI do not like opportunists.
paula bodan
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per5&6
my friend is a huge opportunists.
i just got my first car a mercedez c300 and now everyone is an opportunists for it
ReplyDeletejulio pesantes
mr.backs
period 1
During World War One many companies became opportunists shifting their production from civilian to military products such as guns and bombs.
ReplyDeleteErnesto Antunez
Mr. Backs
Period 1
During an economic recession, be on the lookout for opportunists! Palacios Period 1
ReplyDeleteYaneisy Ramos
ReplyDeleteMs.Allen
Period#5&6
And everything which happens in the picture is as cheaply opportunist and contrived as that arbitrary definition.
Gabriel Lopez
ReplyDeleteMs.Allen
Period. 5&6
Criminal attacks are often opportunistic, and often all a system has to be is more secure than the next system.
Jennifer Viera
ReplyDeleteMs. Allen
Period: 3&4
She was an opportunist, and thus never turned down any chance to get ahead.